This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 6th day of November, 1940, in accordance with request by those present.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Florence Edmonds, Esther Wynne, Frances Y. Morrow, Hannah Miller, Helen Godfrey, Sallie Jones and Mae Verhoeven.

TEXT

1. GC: You will have before you the Glad Helpers, members of which are present in this room. You will give the new affirmations for those on our prayer list. Then you will give individual personal messages for members of the group, as I call the names:
2. EC: Yes, we have the group as gathered here; as a group, as individuals; with their purposes, their intents and desires.
3. In the study of those phases of experience of souls that enter into materialization, these purposes should be borne in mind by each member of the group. And do not lose sight of the purpose of the group in the knowledge as gained, but make same practical in the daily experience, in the daily associations with others.
4. For, such knowledge, such understanding, should enable each to assist others in understanding their relationships to the universal consciousness; enabling them also to assist in bringing hope into the experiences of those discouraged from whatever cause that may be the awareness of the individual at the time.
5. Hence more and more in those periods of meditation for others who seek through these channels to become aware of God's presence, God's promises through the Christ, - bring them into thine own consciousness by thought, by deed, in such measures and manners that ye may indeed be a helpful influence in the experiences of others.
6. The affirmations in the present would be these:
7. 1st: HOLY FATHER, GOD! IN THY LOVE, IN THY MERCY, BE NEAR UNTO US NOW, AS WE SEEK COMFORT, GUIDANCE, DIRECTION IN THEE, THROUGH OUR SEEKING TO KNOW THY WAY! BLESS US AS THOU SEEST WE HAVE NEED OF, FOR THE CHRIST'S SAKE.
8. 2nd: OUR FATHER, OUR GOD! AS THOU HAST PROMISED IN JESUS, THE CHRIST, TO BE NEAR ALWAYS, HEAR THOU OUR HUMBLE PRAYER. MAKE US IN THE WAY THOU SEEST IS BEST FOR US TODAY.
9. 3rd: GRACIOUS FATHER! MERCY AND PEACE BE WITH THOSE WHO SEEK THROUGH OUR HUMBLE EFFORTS TO DRAW NEAR TO THEE. HEAR, O GOD, AND ANSWER: THAT WE FAINT NOT UNDER TRIAL OR SUFFERING.
10. 4th: OUR FATHER, OUR GOD! HEAR US WHILE WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO LIKE OURSELVES HAVE FORGOTTEN THE BENEFITS IN THEE. GIVE US MORE LOVE, MORE PEACE, MORE ABILITY TO BRING INTO THE LIVES OF OTHERS THAT WHICH WILL MAKE THEM AWARE OF THEE. WE ASK IT, FATHER, IN THE NAME OF THE CHRIST.
11. 5th: O LORD! HOW GREAT IS THY LOVE AND THY MERCY TO THOSE WHO SEEK PEACE, AND LOVE, IN THEE! HELP US TO REALIZE THY NEARNESS: THAT ALL MAY COME, DOES COME, FROM THEE. WE ASK IT IN HIS NAME, WHO TAUGHT US TO PRAY IN HIS NAME.
12. 6th: GRACIOUS, MERCIFUL FATHER! HEAR OUR FEEBLE EFFORTS TO APPROACH THE THRONE OF GRACE AND MERCY, AS WAS SHOWN IN THE LIFE OF THE MASTER, JESUS, IN THE EARTH! LET MY PURPOSES, OUR PURPOSES, BE IN THEE, THROUGH HIM - WHO HAS PROMISED TO ANSWER WHEN WE CALL.
13. 7th: OUR FATHER, OUR GOD! HEAR US NOW. BE NOT FAR FROM US. COMFORT US IN OUR DISTRESSES OF EVERY NATURE. GIVE US OF PEACE AND LOVE: THAT OUR BODIES, OUR MINDS, MAY BE THE GREATER CHANNEL TO MANIFEST THAT LOVE JESUS SHOWED IN THE EARTH.
14. Ready for questions.
15. (Q) [993]:
    (A) Let love and peace be magnified in thee more and more. Let that purpose as was in Him be thy guide, as ye seek to bring the awareness of God - in Christ - to the children of men.
    Be kind, be patient, be diligent - in the Lord.
16. (Q) [307]:
    (A) Let thy light so shine unto others that they may see the way. In thy communications let thy yeas be yea, thy nays be nay. Let all be done in order, in harmony. Keep JOYOUS in a service to thy fellow man; for as ye do it unto the least of His children, thy brethren, ye do it unto thy Master, Jesus.
17. (Q) [379]:
    (A) Let that light thou hast seen, thou hast glimpsed in well doing, be kept lighted in thine own heart and mind. Let the ways that have come, do come to thee, be made straight in the Lord.
    Keep the heart singing. Be JOYFUL in service. Be happy in well doing.
18. (Q) [404]:
    (A) Let thy love, thy patience, thy fortitude, be kept without murmur. Let thy light shine in the lives and experiences of those ye meet day by day; that ye may bring hope, and love, into the life of each. Be not weary of trial. Be not weary in discouraging moments. But look up, lift up thy voice, thy eyes, unto the hill of God. For in Him is strength. And He loveth not that as may even have the appearance of evil. Keep joyous in thy service.
19. (Q) [263]:
    (A) LET THY LOVE, THY MERCY, THY PATIENCE, COVER MUCH OF THAT AS MAY APPEAR AS FAULTS IN OTHERS. MUSE AND MEDITATE OFT UPON WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE DISAPPOINTMENTS IN MAN THAT HAVE COME UP TO THE THRONE OF MERCY. SHOW MERCY, SHOW LOVE, EVEN AS YE WOULD HAVE SUCH SHOWN TO THEE. FOR IN THAT PURPOSE YE SOW THY THOUGHTS, THY DEEDS, THEY COME BACK TO THEE TO ROOST.
    REMEMBER THY CREATOR. REMEMBER THY SAVIOR, JESUS, EVEN THE CHRIST. LET LOVE BE WITHOUT RANCOR. LET PATIENCE BE WITHOUT GRUDGING. LET HOPE AND FAITH BE THY LONGING.
20. (Q) [1222]:
    (A) LET THAT LOVE AS YE DESIRE FROM AND IN THOSE ABOUT THEE BE MANIFESTED IN THY DEALINGS, THY CONVERSATION WITH OTHERS; THAT HARMONY AND PEACE MAY COME IN MEASURES TO FILL THY WHOLE PURPOSE, THY ALL, IN HIM. LET THE LIGHT OF HAPPINESS, THE JOY OF SERVICE, THE DESIRE FOR LOVE, BE THE RULING FORCES IN THY ACTIVITIES, THY CONVERSATIONS, THY MEDITATIONS. THE LORD LOVETH THOSE WHO APPROACH HIM BOLDLY, ASKING, SEEKING; BUT LIVE THAT THEY ASK FOR, THEY SEEK FOR.
21. (Q) [1523]:
    (A) Let thy hope, thy joy, be FULL in Him and in His promises to abide with thee always. In the manner, in the purpose thou treatest thy neighbor, thy fellow man, so in thine own experience will come the ability to appreciate the nearness of the Father-God to thee. Let that which is done in secret be proclaimed in thy prayer to the Father. Let love and light, and hope and joy, bring the smile of contentment, the hope of thy longings, in Him.
22. (Q) [288]:
    (A) Let thy purposes in thy dealings with others be kept in attune, in accord, with that new commandment He gave unto those about Him, "Love one another." And as thy activities bring those trials, those doubts, those fears, place them upon the altar of service; and the joy of the Lord will fill thee with peace, contentment, that comes to those who put their trust in Him. Be not afraid. God is not mocked; whatsoever one soweth, that - too - shall one reap. Condemn not, that ye be not condemned. Rather let thy life, in thy conversation - in thy invocation - keep thee closer to Him.
23. (Q) [294]:
    (A) Let that purpose, that desire to make of self naught in order that He, thy Lord, thy Master may be magnified in the lives and the experiences of others, be the force that guides thee in thy choice of activities among thy fellow men. Let fear and doubt and disappointments be put away, as though they did not exist. For in leaning upon Him the burden becomes light, the way becomes a joyous way. For He will walk and talk with thee.
24. (Q) Gladis Hardin:
    (A) Let those things, those experiences that have been in the way, be put far from thee in thy search for Him. Let the joy of service, for His name's sake, be as a guiding light to these things ye do and say day by day. Let that purpose as was in Him be thy purpose, thy aim, thy desire. Keep listening, listening, for those promises that are thine. And as to how, where ye may find them, - it is in the little kindnesses, the longsuffering, the gentleness that ye may show even under stress, even under hardship. For His ways are not past finding out. But seek and ye shall find, knock and it will be opened unto thee.
25. (Q) [341]:
    (A) Let the hope of the Lord ever be in that way that ye may induce, ye may compel others to take thought of the promises of God. Not for self, not for mere cause, but for a purpose - in Him, in the Christ; who maketh known to those who seek, who seek His will with them. Be not afraid. Be not a doubting. Be HAPPY, be joyous in the Lord.
26. (Q) [585]:
    (A) Let thy heart, thy mind, be glad in the Lord. Let His ways be thy ways, that the joy of service in the Lord may be made more and more manifest in thy life day by day. Let the light of hope, of love, fill thy heart. For, He is mindful of those who DO such in the name of the Lord.
27. (Q) [413]:
    (A) Let thy heart be glad, for a purpose, for a cause. Let thy mind and heart be opened to the praises He would bring to thee. For He is mindful of those things, those experiences, that would bring doubt and fear into thy awareness. Know that He will not allow thee to be tempted beyond that ye are able to bear. If ye put that cross upon Him, He will bear thee up, making thee STRONG in those purposes that are at one with Him.
28. We are through for the present.

BACKGROUND

1. Subject of 281-50 - "Glad Helpers."
2. See 281-28 through 281-38, and 281-46 through 281-49, on Book of Revelation and Glands.

REPORTS

1. 1/15/41 See 281-51 beginning of series through 281-55 on Glands.

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